Students rally to protest Cal Grant cuts

College students from around the state to rally against governor’s proposed Cal Grant cuts

March 5, 2012—Students from California's independent non-profit colleges will descend upon the State Capitol to protest Governor Jerry Brown’s proposal to nearly halve the Cal Grant maximum award to students at California’s independent non-profit colleges.

The first ever rally is part of the AICCU Day in the Capitol (Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities), which also includes a morning briefing with legislative members and a full day of advocating support of Cal Grant funding. The day concludes with Cal Grant students testifying before the Assembly Budget #2 Subcommittee on Education Finance.

Rally to Save Cal Grants

When: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 11:30 a.m.

Where: West Steps, State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814

Who: Cal Grant students, Cal Grant alumni, college presidents, faculty, trustees, as well as community leaders will speak to the benefits of the Cal Grant program, including:

AICCU's 74 member institutions annually enroll 140,000 undergraduate and 120,000 graduate students. Twenty-one percent (21%) of all undergraduate degrees and 53% of all graduate and professional degrees are earned at California’s independent nonprofit colleges and universities. Additionally, 40% of the state's teachers, 67% of its lawyers, 72% of the dentists, and 77% of its pharmacists are educated at California independent nonprofit colleges and universities. AICCU schools are the institutions enrolling, investing in, and graduating California’s students—its future workers and leaders.